INS Vikramaditya to host Combined Commanders Conference next month

New Delhi: The Combined Commanders Conference of the three services will be held next month on board India's latest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya in Kochi, which will the first venue outside the national capital to host the crucial defence meet.

The move came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his address at the Combined Commanders Conference here October last, suggested that the armed forces could organise such conferences on ships, or in forward area cantonments or air-bases, instead of only in New Delhi.

Though the conference was originally scheduled to be held in October, it was postponed due to the Bihar elections. Besides the Prime Minister, the conference will be attended by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and other senior members of the Cabinet.